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HENRI SCHLOESING AND BENJAMIN DEGREMONT, OF MARSEILLES, FRANCE.

COIN-OPERATED LlQUlD-VEN DING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,127, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed June 11, 1889. Serial No. 313,892. (No model.) Patented in France March 4, 1889, No. 196,462.

To allwhont it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRI SCHLOESING and BENJAMIN Dnonnnorr, citizens of France, residing at Marseilles, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Operated Liquid-Y ending Apparatus, (for which we obtained Letters Patent in France, No. 196362, dated March 4,1889;) and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica- 'tion.

The apparatuswhich forms the subject of the present application effects the automatic delivery of liquids upon the simple insertion of a coin of specified form. It is more especially intended to deliver automatically a quantity determined in advance of liquids, such as beer, lemonade, cider, &c., which require to be supplied under pressure.

The outer casing of this apparatus may be made of any suitable material, and its shape may be cylindrical, prismatic, rectangular, or otherwise.

Our apparatus is represented in the accompanying drawings.

In the.drawings, Figure 1 is an external front view of our distributor, one-third of the actual size. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the internal parts. Fig. 3 is a plan of those parts. The two latter figures are halfsize. Fig. i is a vertical section of the float- Fig. 5 is a horizontal section from Xto X of Fig. at. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the distributing-cylinder, half-size. Figs. 7 and S are detail views of same. Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the valve-box. 10 is a horizontal section from Y to Y of Fig. 9. Fig. 1.1 is a partial vertical section of the money-box. Fig-.12 is a side view of the parts fitted upon the money-box. Fig. 13 is a plan of the slide. Figs. 14, 15, and 16 are, detail views of same. Figs. 9 to" 16 are full size. Fig. 17 is a view in perspective of the slide and its chutes. Figs. 18 and 19 are half-size figures, showing the relations of the levers of the valve-box, of the distributiug-cylinder and of the money-box.

In the figures, O is the reservoir or barrel containing the liquid to be vended, (see Fig. 2,) which is previously charged, by means of an air-pump or otherwise, to a pressure of about two atmospheres.

E is the float-box; A, the distributing-cylinder; B, the valve-box; C, the money-box, and D the slide.

The liquid under pressure contained in the upper reservoir 0 entersinto the float-box E the object and working of which will be explained later onthrough the bent tube and leaves it through the bent tube E, (see Figs. 2, 4, and 5,) in order to reach the distributing-cylinder at A Distribut ing-cyiinder.-'l his apparatus consists of a cylinder A, Fig. (5, of bronze or any other metal, provided with a lid A and a piston A which moves in the interior. This cylinder has two bent tubes A and A each attached by a joint. The upper part of the cylinder in which the piston moves is bored. The piston A works with gentle friction in the cylinder. It is provided with a hollow" rod A, which passes through the lid of the cylinder. This rod has a cap A, which serves as an abutment and limits the stroke of the piston. A little hole or vent A of about two millimeters is pierced in the piston to aiford a passage for the liquid. On the lid A is fitted a curb A into which passes an adj Listing-screw A, provided with a counter-nut A This curb A is provided with a boss A, which serves as the axis of aforked lever A, Figs. 7 and 8, provided with a spring A. This lever is worked by the cap A of the piston-rod. The liquid to be distributed enters, as we have already said, into the cylinder through the tube A and passes through the hole or vent A of the piston A to reach the lower chamber of the cylinder. In consequence of the area occupied by the hollow rod A the pressure exerted upon the upper surface of the piston A is less than that which is exerted upon its lower surface, and the piston will rise in the cylinder under the pressure of the liquid contained in the lower chamber until it abuts against the adj usting-screw A This screw, as will be seen, permits of increasing or diminishing at will the capacity of the lower portion of the cylinder, and consequently the quantity of liquid to be delivered each time the apparatus works.

The liquid which comes out of the cylinder through the bent tube A enters through a pipe soldered onto the bent tube 13 above the valve B of the valve-box B.

The valve-box B, Figs. 9 and 10, consists of the main body screwed onto the foot 13*. This arrangement permits of the box being placed in a suitable position. The box B contains the valve B, provided with an india-rubber Washer 13*, and an axial rod 13', guided by metal bearings B and 13. This valve B is governed by a lever B provided with a spindle B upon which is fixed a lever B ,provided with a counterpoise 13". When the lever B" is lowered, it raises the valve 13, allowing a passage for the liquid, which flows through the bent tube B and reaches the spout B When the apparatus is not at work, the lever B" rests upon a pawl (3,fitted upon the lever system C of the money-box.

The money-box shown in Figs. 2, 3, 11, and 12 consists of a cylinder 0, provided with a lid 0 which is hinged, and which may be furnished with a padlock or any other suitable fastening. The lower part of this cylinder has two ears, which serve to fix the box in the apparatus. The lid has an aperture 0 through which the coins pass. This aperture is prolonged on the inside by a bent channel, Fig. 11, the object of which is to prevent the coins from being taken out of the box. Upon the lid is fixed a plate Cflbearing the vertical 1 chute C ending in a funnel 0 also the le- 1 The chute C I is in two parts, easily taken to pieces. In this chute a groove or slit 0 is made, which. This lever is ver system 0",, Figs. 3 and 12.

the end of the lever (L enters. provided with a counterpoise G which permits of its being regulated. It is fixed upon a little axis C, which has at one end an arm 01:, provided with a pawl O and a spring 0 B of the valve-box when the apparatus is at rest, as seen in Figs. 18 and 1 9. This lever B is guided by a curved guide (1 fitted upon the money-box.

The coin in fallinginto the chuteO lowers the lever O, which at once rises again in consequence of its counterpoise, but in descending it releases the lever 13 which falls and raises the valve 13 affording a passage for the liquid, which comes out with force through the spout B A of the distributing-cylinder ceasing suddenly, in consequence of the outflow of the liquid under pressure, the piston falls abruptly. The cap A then abuts against the lever A, which rocks and raises with its front end the lever B", gearing it again With the pawl '0 of the detent. The valve B then promptly closes and the apparatus is ready to act afresh.

On the pawl rests the end of the lever The pressure under the piston The relative positions of the three levers B, A", and O are shown in Figs. 18 and 19 in elevation and in plan, respectively.

The coins reach the chute C of the moneybox after having passed through a guide D. (Shown in Figs. 2,13, 14,15, 16, and 17.) This guide is fixed upon the outer money-plate M by the lug D (See Fig. 17.) It is provided on its face D with two apertures D and D as shown in Figs. 15 and 17. Fig. 14' shows an elevation of the other face of the guide. Between the two plates or faces D and D held together by the screws D the coins inserted in the apparatuspass, as shown bythe dotted lines in Figs. 14 and 15. The lower side of the slide, upon which the coins roll, is provided in front of the apertures D D with little swing-plates D D sustained by the balanced levers D D, moving about the axes D D, mounted upon a support D fixed on the guide.

Fig. 16 is a section from X to X of Fig. 15. The distance D is one-half millimeter less than the diameter of a ten-centimes piece. The first swinging plate D, fitted upon the end of the lever D", is governed by means of its counterpoise in such a way that the proper coins pass over the plate 1) without making it descend, while they make the plate D descend, and, passing through the aperture D they fall through the funnel 0 into the box, thus making the apparatus work. The funnel O is placed between the chutesH and H.

Coins lighter than the proper one pass over the two plates without making them oscillate and come out through the end of the slide into the chutes H and H and thus into the trough S, placed on the outer face of the apparatus. .(See Fig. 17.)

Coins heavier than the proper one set the first swing-plate D in action and also reach the trough S through the chutes H and H In our apparatus these chutes are not absolutely straight as might be imagined from Fig. 17. They are arranged in such a way as to leave room for the parts which have to lie between them.

The arrangement of this guide with swingplates is such that the apparatus can only work when the proper coin is inserted into it. Any other coin placed in the apparatus passes through to the trough S,-.and is thus returned to the .public. a

Fig. 17 in perspective shows .clearly thearrangement of the guide and its chutes H and H. It is very easy to arrange the-apparatus so that it will act on the insertionof any coin. It is sufficient for that purpose .to alter the proportions of certain parts of the guide D, and :to regulate suitably itslevers and the levers C? of the money-box.

In order to show when the liquid has been exhaustedin the barrel or reservoirO andto prevent the coins then inserted bythe consumer from remaining in the apparatus, we adopt the following arrangement.

The float-box E, Figs. 2, 4, and 5, placed TOO IIO

any suitable way.

under the barrel, consists of a cylinder E, with a lid E screwed on, provided with two jointed bent tubes E and E and a projecting part At the top of the box is a boss E, in which the rod E of the iioat E slides. In the projecting part E is arranged a spindle E", which passes through a bearing E This spindle E carries a lever E, which is jointed to the rod E Upon the spindle E is fixed externally a lever E. The end of this lever E projects under the end of the lever D of the slide. \Vhen the liquid is exhausted in the barrel, and consequently in the cylinder E, the float E descends, lowering the lever E and raisin g the lever E which in turn raises the lever D, governing the plate D of the coinguide. This plate 1) remains lowered until fresh liquid is introduced into the apparatus and all coins which are put into the latter pass through the aperture D and the chute II into the trough S, thus being returned to the consumer.

In order to show at any momentat a glance the state of the apparatus and what consumption there has been, we arrange a meter K, which registers the number of times that the apparatus has acted. This meter is worked by the distributingcylinder or otherwise in We have simply shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings the face of the meter, the mechanism of which is not described and shown.

L, Fig. 1, is a tap supplying water at will. This water enters the apparatus in any suitable way.

It is a matter of course that we in no way intend to limit ourselves to the arrangements as described and shown, which are capable of numerous alterations in their details and workmanship.

Having now particularly described and ascertain ed the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to performed, we declare that what we claim is 1. In a coin-controlled liquid-vending apparatus, the combination of a delivery pressure-cylinder, a valve-ehest communicating with said cylinder and having an automatic valve, a coin-controlled lever connected with said valve to automatically open the latter and permit the liquid from the pressure-cylinder to escape through the valve-chest, and mechanism for closing said valve when the pressure-cylinder is emptied, all arranged and combined for service substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a coin-controlledliquid-vendingapparatus, the combination of a pressure-cylinder having a piston, a valve-chest communicating with said cylinder, a coin-operated lever arranged in the path of the coin deposited in the machine, a valve located in said valvechest and connected with said coin-operated lever to' be maintained thereby in a normallyclosed position, and mechanism connected to said valve and arranged to be operated by the piston to close the valve when the pressurecylinder is emptied, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a coin-controlled liquid-vend ing apparatus, a pressure-cylinder having an outlet at or near its lower portion and a piston operating in said cylinder and provided with an inlet-port and a piston-rod, the area of exposed surface on the upper side of the piston being less than the exposed area on the lower side thereof,for the purpose described, in combination with a valve-chest which communicates with the outlet of said p ress Lire-cylinder, a valve, and a coin-operated lever connected to said valve, all arranged and combined for service substantially as described.

4:. In a coin-controlled liquid-vending apparatus, a pressure-cylin der, a reci procatin g piston operating therein, and an adjusting-screw arranged to limit and vary the stroke of said piston to regulate the capacity of the cylinder for holding liquids, in combination with a valve-chest communicating with the cylinder and having an automatic valve, and a coin-operated lever for operating the valve, substantially as described.

5. In a coin-controlled liquid-vendin g apparatus, the combination of a pressurecylinder, a valve-chest communicating with said cylinder, an automatic valve housed within said valve-chest, a coin-operated lever having a trip-pawl, and a lever connected to said valve and normally supported by said trip-pawl, all arranged for service substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

6. In a coin-controlled liquid-ven din g apparatus, the combination, with a pressure-cylinder and a valve-chest having a valve, of a. coin-tube, a lever arranged in the path of the coin that passes through said coin-tube, and another lever connected to the valve and normally sustained by the coin-operatedlever in an elevated position to close the valve, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. In a coin-controlled liquid-vending apparatus, the combination, with a pressure-cylinder and a valve, of a lever connected to said valve, a coin-operated lever for sustaining the valve-lever in an elevated position, and a lever operated by the piston of the pressurecylinder to raise the valve-lever after it has been released by the coin-operated lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a coin-controlled liquid-vending apparatus, the combinatiomwith a pressure-cylinder and an automatic valve, of a coin-operated lever having a trip-pawl, a lever connected at one end to said valve and resting at its'other end on the trip-pawl, and a lever fulcrumed on the pressure-cylinder to be operated by the piston thereof and having its free end arranged to lift the valve-lever, whereby, when said valve-lever is lowered after its disengagement withthe coin-operated lever to open said valve, the descent of the piston actuates the piston-lever to elevate the valve-lever and cause it to re-engage with the trip-pawl, sub stantially as described.

which the lower end of the valve-stem rests,

in combination with a lever fixed to the extended end of said rock-shaft, a coin-operated lever for normally elevating the valve-lever,

and a pressure-cylinder, substantially as described.

10. In a coin-controlled liquid-vending apparatus, the combination of a vertical cointnbe having a slot, a counterbalanced lever fnlcrumed on an axis (J and having its free end fitted in the slot of the coin-tube, a trippawl carried by said lever, a valve-lever normally fitted on said pawl, an automatic valve controlled by said valve-lever, a pressure-cylinder, and a bifurcated lever fulcrumed on the pressure-cylinder, with one end arranged in the path of a protuberance on the piston of the cylinder and having its other end arranged to lift the valve-lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

11. A coin-receiver having a longitudinal coin-passage and a transverse opening which extends through one side and the lower edge of said coin-passage, combined with a counterbalanced plate arranged in said transverse opening at the base of the coin-passage and forming a continuation of the bottom of the coin-passage, to sustain a coin of proper denomination as it passes across said opening, substantially as described.

12. In a coin-operated liquid-vending apparatus, a fixed coin-receiver having a longitudinal coin passage and a series of transverse openings which intersect said longitudinal passage and extend through one side and the bottom of the coin-passage, combined with a counterbalanced plate fitted in each of said transverse openings at thebase of the coinpassage and forming a continuation of the bottom thereof, a series of levers, each of which carries one of the plates, and a common fixed support on which all of the levers of the series are fulcrumed, substantially as described.

13. In a coin-operated liquid-vending apparatus, the combination, with a coin-receiver and a counterbalanced plate, of a float-receptacle which communicates with the source of liquid-supply for the vending apparatus, and a float connected by intermediate devices with said counterbalanced plate to hold the latter against movement under the weight of a coin, substantially as and for the purpose described.

14. In a coin-operated liquid-vending appa-' HENRI SCHLOESING. BENJAMIN DEGREMONT.

Witnesses:

G. DE MEs'rRAL, R. G. PRESTON. 

